Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-12
1ISpR0TONIC FEAT !
i, who will Swallow a Ship of
" he Desert ard yet Strain
at a Gnat.
-. Van! Pupc'iI'ous about Small
~ ReckIsss About Things
lh's W, axe If Gre&s Magnitude.
TN Our Day Great Mary Gnats
PIT .s,r.d out and a Great Many
tameIs sw allowed.

,r-cH ADO ABOUT SMALL THINGS.
s 80 %. S 10 the Gazette,
~. .or1yN, n. Y, Dec. I1-To-night
s. 'GY T. De Witt Te!mage preached ct
B > nn.sernscle, this city, on "Too Much
'bout Small Things" His text was:
lind guides which strain at gnat
~.lIow a camel" Matthew xiii,
The eloqueut preacher said:
-,overb is comp ct wisdom, knowl-
N chunk, library IN sentence,
,isc;rlcity CT many clouds discharged
80 bolt, river put through q mill
When Cdrist quotes the proverb
-. 4eyt BE E3esns to set forth the lu-
rs behavior Of those who make 8
=, 6uster ABOUT small sins and have
,,nrecistion Of great ones.
nv text g small insect and large
IA 's,r1ed sre brouaht into comparison
~ ~, and camel. You have in museum
1.-The deserl 8 en- the Later. great, swk-
~ snrsWlins creature, with back two
~ ..iss bign, and stomach having COL
i ision Of It seIvuirs for desert travel, an
.;n.I forbidden 10 the Jews as food,
81 '.Iin many lit natures entitled "the ship
: tbe desert" TIE gnet spoken Of ID
@.,cyt is IN the gruS form. II g born
mol or pond, and after a few weeks
...1res 6 chIysslIs, and then after few
-: Incomes gDGt as we recognize It..
:, ;5e insect SPOKE Il OF in the text is in
ryprv smallest shspr, and it yet inha bits
4 - w,ter-for nv text is misprinG, and
/ -,ht to read "~trsin out gnGt."
4 NJ text SLOWS you the prince Of incon-
s.fDcies. A man after long observation
n formed the suspicion that in cup of
T,ter be is about to drink there is grub,
y tie grsndpsrent of a gnat. be goes
i al GETS si,va or stTainer. He takes
h water, AID pours Il through the sieve
q the broad light. He says: "f would
4 r.ter do anything almost than drink this
j u.sr until this larya be extirpated."
Ills wster is brought under inquisitiop.
T,eeyperinent is successful. The wster
u.bes trough the srvs, and leaves
nsins! the side OF the sieve the grub or
inst. TneI the msu carefully removes
he insect, and drinks the water with
tsldlty. But g"ing out one day, and
,mgy, ne devours "ship of the
AseTf," the camel, which the Jews we're
tgbldden to eat. The astronomer hiss
10 cOmpuuctions of conscience. He
Essrs from no Indigestion. He puts the
0stl jaw uDdrr the csmel's fore foot,
SD biz upper Jaw over the hump of the
unel's bSck, end gives one swallow,
cd the dromedarY disappears forever.
Estrsined out glst; he swallowed s
anel.
While Christ's audience we're yet smil-
gst the sppoeiteness and wit of HIS
aEstrStion-f IT smile they did in church,
MESS they were too stupid TO understand
he hyper5oie-Christ practically said to
ten, THAT is you" Punctilious about
i1sl things: reckless about affairs of
crest migni ude. N subj CT ever with
red under surgeons knife more bitter
!ihan did the Pharisees under Chrisr's
ELpel Of truth A. IN snatomist will
TAKE A HUMAN BODY
Dpleces and put them under micro
Eo9etor tIaminatiop, 80 Christ fiuds HIS
Wy to the heart Of the dead Pnal ZEE and
cuts Il out and puts 1t under the glass of
Inspection for all generations to examine.
Those PhaTisees thought that Christ
would filter them and compliment them,
SD how they must have writhed under
tie red hot words IS he said, "Ye fools,
!e Ehited sepulchres, ye blind guides,
Fhch strain out snat and swallow q
Csmsln
There are in our dsya great many gusts
Ralned out and & great many csmels
FsllOWed, and 1t is the object Of this
&lnOn 10 sketch q few persons who are
atelsiVely engaged in that business.
flfst, | remark, that all those minis
aSO the gospel are photographed in
Inc text who are very scrupulous about
ae cOrventiobelilies If religion, but put
70 Particular stress upon matters Of vest
a9orthnce. c urch services ought TO be
gave and solemn. There IS no room for
E'olty IN reng Gus convocation. But
aste are Illus rstious and there are
-!peTooles like inst OF Christ in the tex
la' Will irradiste with smiles anv intelli-
GEM suditory. There are men like those
V4lu guides Of the text who advocate
vi! those things IN religious service
slcA draw tae corners Of the mouth
-V|p, and denouuce all those things
alica have tendency to draw the cor
.''s Of the mouth up, aud these men will
-" installations and TO presoyteries and
"Vu1itr,lCes snd 10 associations, their
g.CAets full Of fine sleeves to strain out
* s-e Slsts, viii e in their own churches st
-'4s every Sunday there sre fifty people
.oOao asleep, They make their churches
great d0rmitory, snd their somniferous
Silaons are a cradle, and the drawled-
"a. lymns g lullaby, while some wakrfsl
W. IN pew with her fan keeps the hles
= unconscious persons approximate.
wv say it is worse to sleep in courch
~ 'Iaa 10 smile in church, for the latter im-
s 80 CT least attention, while the former
-paes the Indifference Of the hearers
IAR STUPIDITY OF THE SPEAKER.
u cid age, or from physical in6rmity,
rom long wstchiDg with the sick,
o-U"slness will sometimes overpower
ts-si ouI when G minister Of the Gospel
sOAs ca upon an audience and fiads
~ ,Ssl'aS and intelligent people struggling
-. IN GroWsiness, it is time for him 20
Sae ont The doxologY or pronounce the
ss.slsolctlon. The great fault of church
SSc ~. today is not TOO much vivacity,
-" 100 much somuulence. rhe one is
:. Ertattug gnat that may BE- easily
if"a!aed OUT; the other is at,sprawl-
=. s S1o Sleepy eyed camel OF the dry des-
-. ell cur Sabbath schools, IN al
NJ niole classes, IN ali our puIpits We
~ 49, 10 origh en- up our religious message
Il ~. q spch Cnrist-like vlYacity as We ind
,,st ook down from my library the biog
-poieS u ministers and writers OF pas
-sssi lns M 70 Ia "a 9 NJ red szhn have